Monthly Archives: June 2017

We Read It So You Don’t Have to. There is so much new information published every day that one person can’t possible read it all much less get any perspective on it. Take Automation, Autonomous Cars, Machine Learning. All of these technologies pose new challenges to the organization and at the same time, they represent forces that are quite old. In this episode, we take a look at a new book on these topics, Industry 4.0, and an old one Automation.

We Read It So You Don’t Have to. There is so much new information published every day that one person can’t possible read it all much less get any perspective on it. Take Automation, Autonomous Cars, Machine Learning. All of these technologies pose new challenges to the organization and at the same time, they represent forces that are quite old. In this episode, we take a look at a new book on these topics, Industry 4.0, and an old one Automation.

Perspective. We read old books to get a perspective on the events of our time. When Peter Drucker wrote Concept of the Corporation, he knew little about computers, nothing about the future Internet, and only the theory of the Gig Economy. But when he wrote that General Motors was the model for the American Corporation, he described ideas that might just as well apply to Uber and its undisciplined CEO.

Ok. Maddie is a bit unusual in the world of CEOs but she still needs to be ready for the politics of her Board. They’re not going to agree with her just because she has a clever tech idea and good presentation. You have to be ready. You have to think.

It's a way of teaching you what is going on in the work of technology and organizations without making you feel the cut of the knife.

We explore the big issues of the day, important issues, but we do it by telling stories. Our stories capture what is happening with artificial intelligence, big data, the internet of things, the changing world of global management. And our brilliant cast tells these stories with humor, insight and more than a little irony. It's the best way to keep ahead of technology and organization.

You'll feel smarter just by clicking "play" and you'll have a good time listening.